No star in any medium has affected the world more deeply or enduringly than Marilyn Monroe, avers Yona Zeldis McDonough. "When she was there—on screen, or in person—it became almost impossible to pay ...(Read More)

Nearly four decades after his death, John Wayne remains an enduring symbol of 20th-century American masculinity, power, and patriotism. Also the biographer of western stalwarts Clint Eastwood and ...(Read More)

His mastery of method acting and his physical magnetism made Marlon Brando one of the most compelling actors of the 20th century, and yet this is only half the picture, suggests Susan Mizruchi. ...(Read More)

The first icon of the silver screen, Charlie Chaplin remains one of the most recognizable Hollywood faces, even a hundred years after his first film. The author of such histories as Rebellion ...(Read More)

Originally released in 1983, and now the subject of annual 24-hour marathon showings on cable television, A Christmas Story is a bona fide holiday classic and a cherished part of the holiday ...(Read More)

When Cranford aired on PBS's Masterpiece Classics in 2008, it garnered critical praise from all corners, earned a devoted audience, and secured Emmy nominations in nearly every category. ...(Read More)

Love them or hate them, movie musicals have been a cornerstone of the film industry for more than eight decades, and they continue to be reinvented for each generation. From such classics as The ...(Read More)

A gothic, supernatural daytime drama series that featured ghosts, witches, monsters, and even time travel, Dark Shadows starred Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins, the scion of an old New ...(Read More)

Welcome to Downton Tabby, where the aristocrats of the animal kingdom dwell in stately splendor, unaware that their way of life is about to be swept away by the noisy vacuum cleaner of history. For ...(Read More)

Over the past four decades, film and video have played an increasingly important role in contemporary art. This book traces the history of artists' involvement with the moving image, from the ...(Read More)

This second volume of Michael Palin's diaries (quite logically following 1969–1979: The Python Years) covers many momentous things that happened in his life through much of the 1980s, a decade ...(Read More)